History & Criticism

The Flowers Of Evil, Which T. S. Eliot Called The Greatest Example Of Modern Poetry In Any Language, Shocked The Literary World Of Nineteenth Century France...

The Author's Most Political Novel Since The Cider House Rules And A Prayer For Owen Meany, This Novel Is An Intimate And Unforgettable Portrait Of The Solit...

From tales of chivalrous knights to the barbarity of trial by ordeal, no era has been a greater source of awe, horror, and wonder than the Middle Ages. In...

Little Red Riding Hood (1697) / Charles Perrault -- Little Red Riding Hood (1729) / Robert Samber -- The Story Of Little Red Riding Hood (1796) / Anonymous ...

AN UNFORGETTABLE HEROINE, A KING MISUNDERSTOOD BY HISTORY, A LOVE STORY THAT HAS NEVER BEEN TOLD In A Rose for the Crown, we meet one of history's allege...

From One Of His Generation's Most Inventive And Gifted Writers (the New York Times), Intimate And Sharply Observed Commentary On Life, Art, Politics, And Th...

This Is The First Systematic Critique Of Edward Said's Influential Work Orientalism, A Book That For Almost Three Decades Has Received Wide Acclaim In Both ...

Recently rediscovered by art historians, and one of the few female post-Renaissance painters to achieve fame during her own era, Artemisia Gentileschi led...

“Reading How Literature Saved My Life is like getting to listen in on a really great, smart, provocative conversation. The book is not straightforward, it...

Imagine a world where whole epochs will pass, cultures rise and fall, between a telephone call and the reply. Think of the human race multiplying 500-mill...

Benjamin And Barbara Harshav, Translations With The Participation Of Kathryn Hellerstein, Brian Mchale, And Anita Norich. Includes Bibliography.Categories: ...

New York Times bestseller, now adapted for young readers, Flags of Our Fathers is the unforgettable chronicle of perhaps the most famous moment in American...

Have you ever thought about how your seemingly insignificant life events have formed who you are? How intriguing it is to look back and discover how your cu...

My Antonia (Collins Classics)Categories: Literature & Fiction Historical Fiction20th Century

France, 1685. Jeanne is the wife of a wealthy merchant, but now she risks losing everything. Louis XIV’s soldiers will stop at nothing to forcibly conver...

From The New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Came Home comes a historical novel inspired by true events, and the extraordinary female lightho...

The hilarious and controversial host of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher has written his funniest, most opinionated, and most necessary book ever--a brillian...

A Retelling Of Snow White Set In Renaissance Italy Draws A Link Between The Original Fairy Tale And The Borgia Family's Infamous Practice Of Poisoning Its E...

Contains A Reference To Authors And Illustrators Of Children's Literature And Includes Biographical Sketches, Photos, And Lists Of Resources That Profile Fo...

From The Publisher: Lucio, A Normal Man In A Normal (nosy) City Neighborhood With Normal Problems With His Wife (not The Easiest Person To Get Along With) A...

When an essay is due and dreaded exams loom, this book offers students what they need to succeed. It provides chapter-by-chapter analysis, explanations of k...

Roxane Gay's New York Times bestselling debut collection of essays spanning politics, criticism, and feminism—a modern classic from one of the most promin...

Timed to the publication of the author's new illustrated children's book, A Family of Poems, the national bestseller is now available in a specially price...

Thomas Hardy once said that America had two great attractions: the skyscraper and the poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay. The most famous poet of the Jazz A...

This volume contains the first English translation of Bede's allegorical commentary on the tabernacle of Moses, which he interpreted as a symbolic figure of...

Have you enjoyed the journey with Meg, Mara, Charissa, and Hannah? This companion guide will take you deeper into their world and give you an opportunity to...

for More Than Four Hundred Years, The Personal  essay Has Been One Of The Richest And Most Vibrant  of All Literary Forms. Distinguished From The  detache...

In the present volume, the two essays that frame the book provide exciting insight into the mental world of the Anglo-Saxons. Booknews This volume marks th...

Help your students get the most out of their literature course. Updated with new terms, examples, and exercises, and to reflect the 2016 MLA guidelines, th...

Harpercollins Is Proud To Present Its New Range Of Best-loved, Essential Classics. 'there Is No Greater Sorrow Then To Recall Our Times Of Joy In Wretchedne...

From An Elementary School Principal And Popular Youtube Personality, Inspiration And Humor For Educators To Tackle The Challenges They Face Day-in And Day-o...

When the gorgeous Henry Crawford and his pretty sister, Mary, come to Mansfield, they have no idea of the commotion they will cause. There they find the Be...

Roald Dahl's famous story of Willy Wonka and his fabulous factory has transcended the world of children's fiction and been absorbed into global culture, wit...

Nominated for the 2023 Heritage Toronto Book Award\A defense of the dying art of losing an afternoon—and gaining new appreciation—amidst the bins and sh...

Encompassing several genres of literary composition, this up-beat, multi-cultural anthology provides an integrated curriculum of contemporary American women...

Journey with No Maps is the first biography of P.K. Page, a brilliant twentieth-century poet and a fine artist. The product of over a decade's research and ...

A wide-ranging and refreshingly up-to-date anthology of primary readings, Critical Theory: A Reader for Literary and Cultural Studies, edited by Robert Dale...

Hamish Macbeth, the laid-back constable of Lochdubh, Scotland, has a new Land Rover to drive and a Highland summer to savor, but as fast as rain rolls in fr...

A responsive, refreshed, and media-rich revision of the best-selling anthology in the field The most trusted anthology for complete works and helpful edito...

This book is a treasure of rememberance of special days with your grandchild. With beautiful pictures and special notes to share always.Categories: Parentin...

There Are Books That Are Suitable For A Million People, Others For Only A Hundred. There Are Even Remedies--i Mean Books--that Were Written For One Person O...

An Affecting And Hope-filled Posthumous Collection Of Essays And Stories From The Talented Young Yale Graduate Whose Title Essay Captured The World's Attent...

Now in paperback, the New York Times bestseller that takes readers on a riotous journey through the mind of one of America's premier comics George Carlin'...

The third in the Now Read This series, Pearl & Cords's guide briefly describes and organizes approximately 500 of the most popular and current contempor...

JOYCE'S MOTTO has had much fame but few apostles. Among them, there has been Jack Gilbert and his orthodoxy, a strictness that has required of this poet, ...

This Companion offers the most comprehensive overview available of modernist poetry, its forms, its major authors and its contexts. The first part explores ...

Psychology And Aesthetics -- The Problem Of Hamlet And The Explanations Proffered -- The Psycho-analytical Solution -- Tragedy And The Mind Of The Infant --...

Stranger Music Brings Together, At Last, The Words Of A Canadian Artist Who Has Been Anything But A Stranger To So Many Of Us For So Long ... Cohen Has Wove...